Qa Engineer

Job Description

As a QA Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the quality and reliability of the platforms, pipelines, and applications we build.

This role is ideal for someone ready to take greater ownership over QA activities, contribute to test automation, and work collaboratively with engineers, analysts, and data scientists. You’ll help shape how we test and deliver production-grade solutions across data and AI-driven systems.

Job Requirements

Essential:

• Experience in software QA or testing roles, ideally in a tech or consultancy environment.
• Familiarity with writing and maintaining automated tests using tools like Gauge, Selenium, Cypress, PyTest, or similar.
• Experience testing APIs, web applications, and backend systems.
• Good understanding of QA methodologies and Agile delivery processes.
• Some experience working with CI/CD pipelines and version control tools (e.g., Git, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to learning, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
• Exposure to data projects or testing in analytics/AI/ML environments.
• Knowledge of SQL and ability to validate data between systems.
• Familiarity with BDD tools (e.g., Gauge, Cucumber, SpecFlow).
• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with performance testing tools or security testing concepts.

Job Responsibilities

• Plan and execute manual and automated test cases for data, AI, and cloud-native applications.
• Collaborate with developers, engineers, and delivery leads to define acceptance criteria and test coverage.
• Build and maintain test automation scripts and frameworks for APIs, web apps, and pipelines.
• Carry out regression, functional, integration, and exploratory testing.
• Help triage bugs and issues, working with the team to resolve them efficiently.
• Contribute to QA best practices, documentation, and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Support continuous integration pipelines with automated testing and quality gates.
• Provide input during sprint planning, retrospectives, and service reviews to drive quality-first delivery.

Annual Leave - You’ll receive 25 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays. For every two years of employment with Aiimi, you’ll earn an extra day of annual leave.

Benefits Package - Our flexible benefits package includes life insurance and income protection as standard from day one. On passing your probation, you'll receive a 9% pension contribution and full private healthcare.

Volunteer Days - Giving back to our communities is important to us all, so you'll have three days per year (pro rata for your first year) to volunteer with organisations that are close to your heart.

Connectivity Allowance - You'll receive a monthly allowance of £100 towards your phone and broadband bills, to support you in working from home and using your phone for work.

Mental Wellbeing Support - Aiimi offers fully paid-for, anonymous private counselling through Bupa, as well a range of mental wellbeing tools and 24/7 helpline through

Wellbeing Allowance - Aiimi offers a £400 yearly allowance (pro rata in your first year) for you to spend on activities that support your physical and mental wellbeing.